The Library offers a wealth of materials, resources, and programs for children birth to early adolescence and their parents. The Youth Services Librarians are always happy to assist you in finding what you need.
Check AR Levels [1] - Type in the title of the book in the search box and click Go!
Parents, please note: We take pictures at Wright Library events and post them on our Flickr site [3]. No names are published; however, if you do not wish your child's photo to appear online, please inform us. We will remove any picture that has already been posted.
Check AR Levels [1] - Type in the title of the book in the search box and click Go!
Note: Youth Services Department brochures and booklists are created in the Portable Document Format (.pdf). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view or print the brochure. Click here [4] to get Adobe Acrobat Reader.
| Attachment | Size |
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| First_Grade.pdf [5] | 61.39 KB |
| Second_Grade.pdf [6] | 61.87 KB |
| Third_Grade.pdf [7] | 92.97 KB |
| Fourth_Grade.pdf [8] | 57.39 KB |
| Fifth_Grade.pdf [9] | 53.66 KB |
| Sixth_Grade.pdf [10] | 49.72 KB |
| If you liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid.pdf [11] | 53.17 KB |
| Fantasy for 9-12 year olds.pdf [12] | 43.8 KB |
| Great Nonfiction to Read Aloud.pdf [13] | 12.72 KB |
| Multicultural Booklist.pdf [14] | 104.19 KB |
Check AR Levels [1] - Type in the title of the book in the search box and click Go!
Note: Youth Services Department brochures and booklists are created in the Portable Document Format (.pdf). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view or print the brochure. Click here [4] to get Adobe Acrobat Reader.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Baby Booklist.pdf [15] | 28.13 KB |
| Best Books for 2s and 3s.pdf [16] | 46.15 KB |
| Best books for 4s and 5s.pdf [17] | 22.45 KB |
| Toddler Booklist.pdf [18] | 74.84 KB |
| Picture Book Princess Booklist.pdf [19] | 77.55 KB |
| Superhero Booklist.pdf [20] | 116.53 KB |
The Youth Services librarians use this blog to review children's books our patrons will find of interest. Suggest a book or leave your own review in a comment.
Also, check out the Children's Chapter Books [22] and Children's Picture Books [23] from BookLetters [24].
The Youth Services librarians also review Teen books [25].
"If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every parent - and every adult caring for a child - read aloud a minimum of three stories a day to the children in their lives, we could probably wipe out illiteracy within a generation. What's to stop us?" - Mem Fox, Reading Magic
Know The Six Pre-Reading Skills Your Child Needs To Read |
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Letter KnowledgeLearning that each letter is distinct and that each letter has its own name and unique sound. |
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Phonological AwarenessBeing able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words. |
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Narrative SkillsBeing able to describe things and events, being able to tell stories. |
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Print MotivationBeing interested in and enjoying books. |
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VocabularyKnowing the names of things. |
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Print AwarenessNoticing print, knowing how to handle a book and knowing how to follow the words on a page. |
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TalkingChildren learn about language by listening to parents talk and joining in the conversation. |
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SingingSongs are a natural way to learn about language. |
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ReadingThe single most important activity. |
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WritingScribbling encouraged! Connect the written word to the spoken. |
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PlayingChildren learn a lot about language through different kinds of play. |
Research shows that children who haven't experienced or explored these skills at a young age will have far more difficulty learning to read when they do enter school.
Your role as a parent, grandparent or caregiver is vitally important. You are your child's best teacher, and there are thousands of fun, easy ways to help your child learn these skills during your daily activities.
Wright Library has trained staff and resources ready to help you get started. Stop by and talk to a Youth Services Librarian or sign up for a program to get hands-on experience for you and your child. The library's toddler, preschool and family programs introduce the six Every Child Ready To Read® skills using the five Practices in fun and exciting ways!
Check AR Levels [1] - Type in the title of the book in the search box and click Go!
These resources are designed for elementary and middle school students. Additional databases can be found on our Research Databases page [26].
For younger students, Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Little Pim is a language learning system for ages 0-6, accessed through the Mango Languages interface, which includes Arabic, English/ESL, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. It’s the fun, easy and effective way for kids to learn a foreign language through a combination of animation and video. Accessible and engaging for young children, the Little Pim’s Entertainment Immersion Method™ incorporates words (180 words and phrases per course) and themes that are relevant to the child’s daily life. Research shows that early language learning enhances verbal development, social and cognitive skills.
Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70, popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Designed for younger children, this research tool allows for keyword and topic searches. Young researchers can find great information on topics like animals, history, health, science, and what's in the news.
TrueFlix help students hone literacy skills, build knowledge of subject-area content, and cultivate 21st Century Skills through the inquiry process. All titles are supported with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content and primary sources featuring videos, audio, images, and text.
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books, which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks consist of animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Use this resource to identify and learn about common Ohio trees. By only knowing one part of a tree (leaf, fruit, etc.), you can follow the samples given until you can identify your tree.
This program includes 30 species and subspecies of snakes that are found in Ohio. Learn about Ohio snakes or use the program to identify one you have seen.
This resource is designed to help users identify flint artifacts, which are some of the most enduring legacies of prehistoric peoples. Learn more about Ohio's prehistoric people.
Three interactive learning environments for preschoolers and children in early grades are included in this resource. "Trek's Travels" offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more. "Welcome to Reading" develops and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. "Know It" offers a richly visual first encyclopedia.
Based on World Book's award-winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia, World Book Kids is designed to give younger students a rewarding online learning experience. It includes thousands of easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources.
This database offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, definitions, diagrams, videos, animations, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and current news articles. The content is organized by subject area and type of resource, as well as by the National Science Education Standards.
Offers full text for popular magazines for middle and junior high school research. Also includes biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection.
Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of works from various cultures and time periods. Short Stories for Students contains concise synopses of the story's plot, characters and themes, along with a brief author biography, a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance and excerpted criticism geared specifically towards the high school student. (From the Gale Virtual Reference Library)
â–ºPassword for Home Access: WL7171 (Username can be left blank.) TeachingBooks.net [45] is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. The online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books. Get access to author interviews, book readings, activity and discussion guides, Reader's Theater scripts, author name pronunciations, author Websites, and more!
The articles of the venerable World Book Encyclopedia form the foundation of this expansive reference database that includes the World Book Dictionary, the World Book Atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to state and provincial curriculum standards, and much more.
TeachingBooks.net [45] is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. The online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books. Get access to
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[2] http://www.flickrslideshow.com
[3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/srcprogramphotos/
[4] http://get.adobe.com/reader/
[5] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/First_Grade.pdf
[6] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Second_Grade.pdf
[7] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Third_Grade.pdf
[8] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Fourth_Grade.pdf
[9] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Fifth_Grade.pdf
[10] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Sixth_Grade.pdf
[11] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/If you liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid.pdf
[12] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Fantasy for 9-12 year olds.pdf
[13] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Great Nonfiction to Read Aloud.pdf
[14] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Multicultural Booklist.pdf
[15] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Baby Booklist.pdf
[16] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Best Books for 2s and 3s.pdf
[17] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Best books for 4s and 5s.pdf
[18] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Toddler Booklist.pdf
[19] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Picture Book Princess Booklist.pdf
[20] http://wright.lib.oh.us/files/Superhero Booklist.pdf
[21] http://www.engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=61
[22] http://library.booksite.com/6477/nl/?list=NLCC
[23] http://library.booksite.com/6477/nl/?list=NLGC
[24] http://library.booksite.com/6477/
[25] http://www.engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=41
[26] http://www.wrightlibrary.org/content/research-databases-category
[27] http://search.ebscohost.com.oh0172.oplin.org/login.aspx?profile=ehost&defaultdb=ani
[28] http://www.oplin.org/kids
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[30] http://www.wrightlibrary.org/content/mobile-access-databases/#mango
[31] http://search.ebscohost.com.oh0172.oplin.org/login.aspx?profile=ehost&defaultdb=prh
[32] http://www.oplin.org/searchasaurus
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[36] http://www.oplin.org/tree/index.html
[37] http://www.oplin.org/snake/index.html
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[43] http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wmpl_main?db=GVRL
[44] http://wright.lib.oh.us/teachingbooksnet
[45] http://TeachingBooks.net
[46] http://www.oplin.org/worldbook